Top 10 Best Adult Cyberpunk Anime With Brilliant Top Notch Breathtaking Animation – Explored

Timestamp with anime name.

Amen to the ending soundtrack in Battle Angel Alita: It actually got me hooked on finding and reading the manga series, as the song itself left me wondering more about the haunting implications of the world the characters had to live in, not to mention to deep human needs and suffering that were more subtly portrayed in the series. I honestly thought few people were affected by that song, so thank you for mentioning. A poignant ending song if there ever was one.

Ghost in the shell . The major is actually male

This guy's voice is giving me flash backs to the Clone Wars for some reason.

Great list!!!

Im waiting Animatrix on the top but im glad those on the list is my fav hidden gems keep watching it many times

Cybercity Oedo was my first "cyberpunk" anime. Even my mom liked it.

For me, Psycho-Pass is one of the best anime series of the last few years, its 3 seasons and its movies

"Top 10". Goes on to list all the flaws of several of them. Doesn't include seminal works like Akira, Armitage, Appleseed, Dominion Tank Police, Megazone 23, nor Bubblegum Crisis. But it did include the OAV prequel AD Police Files for some reason.

Replace psycho pass with wicked city and this list is an A

I still hope that some company will pick Ergo Proxy and create part2/Season 2

Ghost in the shell should be at the top of the list
dont you have a soul ? and no AKIRA ???

Never heard of Marduk Scramble. Gonna have to look that up. The rest I'm very familiar with.

Most, if not ALL of these anime are influenced by Blayrunner Runner (Released in 1982). I hate hate how the narrator started the video under the pretense that "anime was this revolutionary force that brought life into the Cyberpunk Genre" without giving credit to the forefathers of Cyberpunk .

Great selection! Because of series and ovas like these, I don't own a smartphone

Fun fact: anime/manga was inspired by the art design of Betty Boop.

When you're trying to find some new things to watch and go though the list.. watched it, watched it, oh oh something new.... watched it, watched it... OHHHHH gotta watch this lol.

A.D Police Files is a straight rip of Blade Runner, not that I dislike the anime, or any on this list, but fact is that the entire look of the Cyberpunk genre started in 1982 with the movie Blade Runner. I do love that the Japanese grabbed the look and ran with it, Akira is visually stunning, and while the Akira Manga and the film Blade Runner came out in the same year, there is no evidence that the look was from either effected the other, thou the movie reached an international audience well before the manga. What I feel needs to be looked at is why is the aesthetic so similar, where is the root for the two creators to come up with what a world could look given the overarching societal norms in the cyberpunk genre.

Silent Mobius. A must watch.

Ive seen them all

How is there a top 10 cyberpunk anime list without Akira? LOL

Ghost in the Shell Innocence is one of the most underrated sequels and modern films of the last 20+years. As much as the OG Ghost in the Shell was amazing, I think Innocence is actually a better film. One of my favorite films.

Armitage III

I wish Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex series also got a mention, but otherwise a great list, I added quite a few to my watch list

Um, cyberpunk comes from a guy named William Gibson, not Japan or even asian.

Ergo Proxy!!! or anime on hard drugs.

Ha - I expected almost all of them 😮

Lol, stopped watching when you introduced Ghost in the Shell by spoiling its whole plotline.

GANTZ is a must

I really like how the violence and gore can be shown explicitly but nipples and genitalia are censored 😂

So glad Serial Experiments Lain got added to your list. That serie is so underrated. I still count it amongst my top10 of best series I've even seen, which says a lot for me, considering I've been following anime for nearly 40years now.

Great video, I only have one complain, in the last of the list you gave the entire plot of Blame! I haven't seen it so it was kinda spoiled for me now, in the other entries of the list you made a very good balance to tell what's the series about without giving to much, so that we as an audience can discover new animes to watch.

I absolutely loved 'BLAME!'
Several good titles on this list, thank you.

You forgot AKIRA the one and only movie which gave birth to this genre , it is classic and master piece

I never heard of Mardux scramble cybercity 080808 and technolize I never even heard of and I spent most of 90s-2000s searching for every anime i could find

Ergo Proxy was good story love it so much

Excellent list, and great aesthetical analysis. I strongly recommend watching Cyberpunk Edgerunners & GITS Standalone Complex!

thanks for the demo and info, have a great day

I have seen and own them all except Psychp Pass, maybe one day I’ll catch it. Bubblegum crisis, Armitage, and a few others would have been nice for honorable mentions. Otherwise decent list.

Armitage is a must for the genre. I also enjoyed Parasite Dolls.

They are not 'misunderstood'. It's an erroneous assumption based on a western cartoons like loony tunes, when even these were not originally made specifically 'for children'.

Hello your cyber city 808 was good but your the 3rd episode you repeat what was the frist episode. episode one was the a.i. take over building episode 2 was the military robot test and episode 3 was a people was being killed by a vampire.

AD Police? Truly OK, boomer.

I think Dominion Tank Police needs a serious mention here, although it's quite a bit more lighthearted with some pretty good humor throughout, it's still has it's dark and gritty side.

AWESOME!👍
I've seen them all, and I have most of them on DVD or Bluray!
( I'm a Physical Media kind of guy 😋)

WTF? Whiere is Armitage III?

XD Genocyber?

ex-arm would be good show if handled correctly

Needs some appleseed and goku: midnight eye